No, the man pictured here is not having his brain sucked out by our alien overlords. He’s using Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci® Surgical System, a Minimally Invasive Surgical method that allows much smaller incisions to be made while performing sophisticated procedures. The system features “wristed instruments with seven degrees of freedom, three-dimensional, intuitive visualization and ergonomic comfort”, which basically means the surgeon’s hand motions are replicated by eensy-weensy robot hands, and he gets to see the work in Hi-Def 3D. Check out this video on YouTube in which the system is used to fold a teeny Origami swan. Your flea circus will never be the same.